Template for bilateral symmetric stimulator fixation/implantation

A symmetric surgical template arrangement for a bilateral hearing implant system, the arrangement comprising:

• an adjustable headpiece with left and right sides is configured to fit over the head of a surgical patient;
• left and right implant stimulator templates, each connected to a corresponding left and right side of the adjustable headpiece by an adjustable connection and configured to conform against an underlying side of the patient's head, wherein each implant stimulator template has an implant outline defining an area corresponding to an implanted stimulator of the bilateral hearing implant system, and wherein each adjustable connection is configured to allow adjustment of the position of the implant stimulator template with respect to the adjustable headpiece so as to define stimulator implantation sites at symmetric locations on each side of the patient's head;
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• at least one (BTE) processor template located on the adjustable headpiece at one of the adjustable connections to the corresponding left and right side implant stimulator templates, wherein the at least one BTE processor template has a processor outline defining an area corresponding to an external BTE processor device of the bilateral hearing implant system, and wherein the at least one BTE processor template is configured to fit behind the ear pinna of the recipient patient in a post-surgical operational position and conform against an underlying side of the patient's head.